COMMERCIAL LOOK-UP FEES; EXTEND SUNSET H.B. 4889:
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
House Bill 4889 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Jon Hoadley
House Committee: Appropriations
Senate Committee: Appropriations
CONTENT
The bill would amend Public Act 222 of 1972, which provides for official personal identification (ID) cards, to extend until October 1, 2023, the deposit of commercial look-up fees for those cards into the Transportation Administration Collection Fund (TACF).
Public Act 222 of 1972 allows the Secretary of State to maintain a commercial look-up service for records maintained under the Act. For each individual record retrieved, the Secretary of State must charge a fee set by the Legislature or, if none is set, a market-based price. The current look-up fee charged by the Department of State is $11 per requested record, plus $1 if requested at a branch office. The information provided under a requested look-up is the information submitted on a person's application for a personal ID card. The fees collected must be deposited in the TACF, but that requirement is set to expire on October 1, 2019. The bill would extend the requirement until October 1, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT
The current sunset date of October 1, 2019, for the deposit of the fees described above in the TACF will have a negative fiscal impact on the Department of State's annual operating revenue, if the sunset occurs. The collection of these fees for the TACF totaled $58.0 million in fiscal year (FY) 2017-18, according to the Department of State. If the sunset date is not delayed, the Department will lose approximately $58.0 million in revenue beginning in FY 2019-20.
Date Completed: 9-18-19 Fiscal Analyst: Joe Carrasco
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.